Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is open to lowering the state’s threshold for determining when a driver is considered drunk. The proposal to lower the blood-alcohol level from .08 to .05 is expected to come up for debate in Olympia this legislative session. “I’m inclined to move in that direction,” said Inslee, D-Washington, though he said he has not looked at it “in detail.” The bill text states 2021 was the deadliest year on Washington roads since 2006, with 540 fatal crashes that resulted in the death of more than 600 people. Half, according to the bill text, were caused by an impaired driver. According to state's Traffic Safety Commission, deaths on Washington's roads reached a 20-year high in 2021, with 663 fatalities. Preliminary data for 2022 shows the trend in fatalities on the road are expected to continue to rise. The authors of the bill cite the effort in Utah to reduce crashes by lowering the blood-alcohol limit from .08 to .05 in 2019, resulting in fatal crashes reducing by nearly 20%. READ THE FULL STORY: https://www.king5.com/article/news/politics/inslee-supports-lowering-bac-open-reforming-pursuit-law/281-62923cb1-8897-4fd2-9303-44237257ab21